Bed-bottom



(No Model.)

C. M. HUNT. N Y BED BOTTOM.

o. 503,540. Patented Aug. 15, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CIIARLES M. HUNT, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,540, dated August15, 1893.

Application filed October 10, 1892. Serial No. 448.285- (No model.)

To coll whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

My invention has forits object to econoinize space in the matter oftransportation and storage of woven-wire bed-bottoms, as well as toprovide for the setting up of such bed-bottoms without the aid of astretching machine; and it consists in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts constituting a knock-down deviceof that character, as will be hereinafter described with reference tothe accompanying drawings and sub- "sequently claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l represents an inverted plan view of abed-bottom constructed according to my invention and partly setup; Fig.2, a similar view of the same complete; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinalsection taken on line 3-3 of the preceding figure; Figli, a plan view ofthe separable parts constituting the bed-bottom, and Fig. 5, thebedbottom rolled up for transportation or storage.

Referring by letter to the drawings,'A represents the side-rails, B theend-bars, C the woven-wire fabric and D the bindingstrips constitutingmy improved bed-bottom. The side-rails and end bars are provided withregistering bolt openings, preferably arranged in pairs, those in saidside-rails being also preferably countersunk at their lower ends toconceal nuts on bolts hereinafter described. At least one of side-railsconsists of two sections hinged or otherwise flexibly connected in sucha manner as to have the joint open outward, as best shown in Fig. l, andprimarily fast to the under side of one of the sections is a stay-plateE that is designed to overlap and be fastened to the other of saidsections when the aforesaid joint is closed, as clearly illustrated inFigs. 2 and 3. The woven-wire portion of the bed-bottom hasits ends heldbetween the bars B and strips D, and for shipment or storage theside-rails are rolled up with the parts aforesaid, as shown in Fig. 5,whereby I economize considerable space, and am thus enabled to effect asaving in the matter of freight and warehouse charges.

To set up the bed-bottom the side-rails and end-bars are primarilyunited by pivots, such as the bolts F herein shown, and if both of saidside-rails be jointed, one of them is first extended its full length andthus maintained, although it is perhaps preferable to have thisside-rail in one piece. The parts being thus joined they are practicallyin the position shown in Fig. l, the w0ven-wire fabric beingunstretched. To stretch the woven-wire fabric, the joint of the otherside-rail is closed by pressure against the hinged sections, after whichthe hitherto free end of the relative stay-plate is made fast by nails,screws or other suitable means, and stay-bolts G are engaged with bothside-rails and end-bars to prevent the same from having play on thepivots above specified.

Frein the foregoing it will be seen that each bed-bottom is providedwith its own stretcher and therefore I do away with the necessity forstretching machines commonly employed in the manufacture of woven-wirebed-bottoms.

WVhile I have shown and described a stayplate for a jointed side-rail Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, but such adevice is preferable as a means for bracing the joint of said side-rail.I also desire it understood that the stay-bolts may be omitted withoutdeparture from what I consider is the essential features of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a bed bottom, arranged for folding and rolling, the combination ofthe wovenwire fabric C, secured to the end bars B, by

means of the binding strips D, the side rails A, connected with the endbars by pivot bolts F, passing through openings in the ends of said barsand rails, and one of said side rails being formed in two sectionshaving a hinged or other iieXible connection, the joint ar- IOO rangedto open outwardly, and on the under side of one section a stay-plate E,provided with openings for` securing nails or screws, overlapping andattaching to said other Section, all as described.

2. In a bed bottom, capable of being folded and rolled up, incombination with the Woven-1 wire fabric C, secured to the end bars B,by the binding strips, the said binding strips D,` the said end barspivotally connected withl the ends of the side rails, the pivot pins F,and the side rails A, one formed in two hinged sections, the perforatedstay plate E, an'

ranged to connect said sections, and stay bolts G, passing -Jthrough theends of the side rails and end bars, when the bed bottom is extended,all constructed, arranged and operating n

